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  • Misty Copeland, Brooklyn Mack coming to Columbia

    Misty Copeland, Brooklyn Mack coming to Columbia The State Columbia, South Carolina 2016-01-19 Erin Shaw Misty Copeland The principal ballerina and former Columbia dancer to speak at ballet fundraiser Misty Copeland, one of the most famous ballerinas in the country, will appear in Columbia with professional ballet dancer and South Carolina native Brooklyn Mack for…

  • She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story

    She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story Balzer + Bray (an imprint of HarperCollins) 2010-10-19 32 pages 8.5 in (w) x 11 in (h) x 0.25 in (d) Hardcover ISBN: 9780061349201 eBook ISBN: 9780062184801 Audrey Vernick Illustrated by Don Tate Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just…

  • America Is Not Post-Racial: Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, and the 44th President

    This book is the first in-depth examination of the 25 million Americans with the most intense hatred of President Obama—arguably the most Republican-friendly of recent Democratic presidents—and what the mindsets of these “Obama Haters” teach us about race and ethnicity in America today.

  • UNF professor explores the impact of skin tone on the everyday lives of African-American women

    UNF professor explores the impact of skin tone on the everyday lives of African-American women The Florida Times-Union 2016-01-18 Rhema Thompson JeffriAnne Wilder always knew African-Americans came in many shades. She saw it in her own family, from her light-skinned older sister to her two dark-skinned brothers. Her complexion fell somewhere in the middle. “I…

  • Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama

    Demonizing a President: The “Foreignization” of Barack Obama Praeger August 2014 253 pages 6.125 x 9.25 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4408-3055-6 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4408-3056-3 Martin A. Parlett This groundbreaking political exposé scrutinizes the motivations behind the unparalleled attacks on President Barack Obama that attempt to undermine his eligibility to lead the country. The ascendancy of the first…

  • Playwright Adrienne Dawes imagines an dystopian future — with humor

    Playwright Adrienne Dawes imagines an dystopian future — with humor Austin American-Statesman Austin, Texas 2016-01-16 Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Arts Critic Adrienne Dawes (Laura Skelding) Adrienne Dawes donned denim recently when she stopped by Salvage Vanguard Theater for a rehearsal of her latest play to debut at the indie East Austin venue. “Denim Doves” opens…

  • The Audacity to be Black

    The Audacity to be Black The Chicago Maroon: The independent student newspaper of The University of Chicago since 1892. 2016-01-18 Vincente Perez The word African American masks the political strife and oppression that comes with the word Black. “Black is hurt. Black is pain. Black is strong. Black is Love Worked hard and long Black…

  • National Museum of the American Indian Presents Unprecedented Retrospective “Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist”

    National Museum of the American Indian Presents Unprecedented Retrospective “Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist” Newsdesk: Newsroom of the Smithsonian 2015-10-29 SI-423A-2015 For nearly five decades, Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee, b. 1935) has charted an artistic career that is not bound by singular definition. While her early work with Native themes celebrate heroic American Indian leaders with…

  • Preview of DREAM OF THE WATER CHILDREN by Wendy Cheng

    Preview of DREAM OF THE WATER CHILDREN by Wendy Cheng 2Leaf Press: A Small Press with Big Ideas! New York, New York 2016-01-18 Wendy Cheng, Assistant Professor School of Social Transformation Faculty Arizona State University A Black-Japanese Amerasian reflects on life in the present, with the traces of wars and their aftermaths. In Dream of…

  • Black like her: Is racial identity a state of mind?

    Black like her: Is racial identity a state of mind? The Washington Post 2015-06-16 Amy Ellis Nutt, Reporter While people continue to question the motivations behind former NAACP official Rachel Dolezal’s claiming she is black, scientists say identity, even racial identity, doesn’t arise from any single place in the brain. Individuals contain different selves, often…